The Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing to examine the facts of sexual abuse of women in federal prisons. In the first panel, three former inmates testified on the…
1,343 viewsThe Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on uncounted deaths in U.S. prisons. Family members of deceased prisoners shared their personal experiences. Also,…
1,017 viewsA woman who was held in immigration detention for six months in 2020 at a Georgia federal facility gave emotional testimony at a Senate Homeland Security subcommittee hearing. She detailed and accused…
1,639 viewsFormer detainee Mansoor Adayfi talked about the 15 years he spent in prison at Guantánamo following the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. Pilsen Community Books in Chicago hosted this…
189 viewsA House Judiciary subcommittee held an oversight hearing with the Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal. The director answered questions on a variety of topics, including the…
673 viewsMilitary officials, legal experts, and advocates testified at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the ongoing operation of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Witnesses answered questions on a variety of…
1,546 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in United States v. Zubaydah, which involves the state secrets privilege and the detention and torture at various CIA “black sites” of an accused al-Qaida…
2,791 viewsCaroline Wood Newhall, a postdoctoral fellow at the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies, discussed her research on black prisoners of war in the Confederacy. She talked about the…
1,140 viewsLeon Ellis served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War. His plane was shot down during a bombing run and he was held in North Vietnam as a prisoner of war for five years. Mr. Ellis…
977 viewsUniversity of California Hastings College of the Law professor Hadar Aviram looked at California’s parole system through the life sentences given to those involved in the Manson Family…
633 viewsPresident Trump delivered remarks and handed out diplomas to graduates of the Hope for Prisoners program, which provides assistance to former inmates. At the start, the president addressed the Roger…
1,271 viewsPeter Honigsberg talked about his book, A Place Outside the Law: Forgotten Voices from Guantanamo , on the backgrounds and fate of the 40 men still held at the detention camp at Guantanamo…
417 viewsJustice Action Network executive director Holly Harris discussed prison and sentencing reform.
834 viewsNew America hosted a discussion on the 17th anniversary of the opening of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Panelists talked about the various legal proceedings involving…
345 viewsCarol Rosenberg talked about the future of Guantanamo Bay detainees under the Trump Administration. She spoke via video link from Miami.
972 viewsSenator John McCain (R-AZ) announced his opposition to Steven Bradbury to be general counsel for the Transportation Department, partly because Mr. Bradbury was the author of four prisoner…
367 viewsJames Mitchell talked about his book, Enhanced Interrogation: Inside the Minds and Motives of the Islamic Terrorists Trying To Destroy America, about the development and workings of the…
7,288 viewsRepresentatives Diane Black (R-TN) and Liz Cheney (R-WY) made brief statements and responded to questions from reporters about their party’s priorities for the 115th Congress and the Trump…
436 viewsA three-judge panel on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral argument in a dispute between the media and the Obama administration. The Associated Press and 15 other media organizations were…
338 viewsCarol Rosenberg talked about the Obama administration’s recent move to transfer 15 detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, as well as President Obama’s desire to close it down…
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